Word: saud
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...Arab answer to Bernadotte would depend, in the long run, on the outcome of King Abdullah's trip. Abdullah visited his old enemy, King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, for the first time since Ibn Saud kicked Abdullah's family off the throne of the Hejaz...
...three days, in the palaces of Ibn Saud's capital, Riyadh, they ceremoniously entertained each other. After dinner one night, Ibn Saud's court poet intoned a piece written for the occasion. Sample...
Last week King Ibn Saud, feeling sorry for his guests, sent each Arab League delegate a hand-picked bondmaiden from his harem. Conscientious, westernized Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, secretary general of the Arab League and head of the delegation, politely but firmly declined the offer. Said Azzam Pasha: "It would keep the delegates' minds off the purpose of their mission...
...Cairo a Saudi Arabian official saw Azzam Pasha's statement in the press, defended Ibn Saud's gift. "Why, this is a fine old Bedouin custom," he said...
...companies argue that Ibn Saud and the lesser sheiks must be placated at all costs if America is to maintain its dominant position in the petroleum industry and they their profits. They add that any Yankeephobia among the nomads would invite Russian expansion into this American preserve...